“The water is bad.” Coal ash dispute reaches climax as some residents in middle Georgia fear what’s next #gapol ajc.com/news/state--re…

Residents of Juliette are keeping up the fight to make sure coal ash in their community is stored in lined pits that would prevent if from coming in contact with groundwater. ajc.com/news/state--re…

Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp declares a state of emergency south of I-20 to clear the way for more state resources to cope with flooding in south Georgia. #gapol

“You do not want to be in a situation where people are poisoned after the fact and then you look back and go, ‘Wow, we really should have interpreted this the way we could have and we should have.’” #gapol #coalash

Supporters of a fish that mostly calls Georgia’s rivers home say they hope this will be the year they finally reel in a long-sought honor: bit.ly/39GE0mq #gapol

“Our job is to protect Georgians and the fact is today will come and go and we will not have done what we could have done to protect Georgians when it comes to toxic coal ash,” #gapol #coalash

How publicity killed Juliette's water testing plan georgiahealthnews.com/2020/03/states… #plantscherer #coalash #contamination #EPD #pollution

“There’s just no question that people who will be asked to live with these consequences should be able to come together and give their verbal comments,” says Chris Bowers with the SELC: bit.ly/2xrkQTm #gapol

#savejuliette #gapol

Excellent listen about the fight for clean water in Juliette. #savejuliette

Georgia lawmakers are renewing a bid to remove coal ash from disposal sites without a protective liner. And they're planning a second bill to require polluters who taint drinking water to pay for a new water source for residents. My story for GHN: georgiahealthnews.com/2021/01/lawmak… #gapol

Grant Blankenship and Evey Wilson perfectly sum up the fight to save Juliette. Please watch and share.

In a new investigative documentary, “Saving Juliette,” film producers @Grant_Blank_ & @evey_wilson follow Juliette residents after they learned the #coalash pond near Georgia Power’s Plant Scherer is submerged in the same aquifer from which they draw their well water.

Near America’s biggest coal plant, toxins are showing up in drinking water and people have fallen ill. My yearlong investigation looks at Georgia's largest power company's bid to avoid cleanup costs for coal ash. For Georgia Health News and ProPublica: propublica.org/article/coal-a… #gapol

"The Coal Plant Next Door" How one energy company plans to avoid cleanup costs: long.fm/ZZY3A3T (Max Blau (maxblau.bsky.social), Georgia Health News)

Environmentalists are growing more distressed by the month as oil and debris wash up on nearby shores and marshes near the massive Golden Ray shipwreck. It's been lodged in St. Simons Sound since Sept. 2019 georgiarecorder.com/2021/04/12/gol…

Sue says: “It seemed be be decreasing but just mins ago it picked back up. Black smoke is just pouring out.” We’ll keep updating online and on WABE and NPR wabe.org/flames-engulfi…

“This is the most egregious site that I've seen that is not on a Superfund registry or state hazardous site registry.” - Fletcher Sams of Altamaha Riverkeeper. axios.com/local/atlanta/…

EPA cracks down on metal recycling plant releasing hazardous waste in Southeast Atlanta waterways. wabe.org/metal-recyclin…

Of the $422 million, Governor Brian P. Kemp has awarded $6 million to build water lines in Juliette. Officials had asked for the funding to provide residents living near Plant Scherer after their drinking water was made unsafe by the "presence of Uranium, Radon and Hexavalent Chromium." #gapol